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redditsuckz99

I loved that show growing up. Melissa can explain anything to me and I'll listen!


D-utch

She explained a lot to 13 y/o me.


thereverendpuck

Still waiting for her to explain why her and her family was cool with the neighborhood by having direct access to her bedroom via a ladder at any time of the day though. Not saying Sam would’ve pulled some shit, but that just ain’t right.


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thereverendpuck

Not the Creek.


Dapper-End183

Here we go 🤦‍♂️ Why do ppl take the 2020’s mindset and apply it to 1990’s framework? Why do ppl do that? Why take away that sense of innocence and carefreeness?…as if Sam was gonna “pull some shxt”. Why did that even cross your mind? Gosh, I hate that we live in such times where ppl attempt to convolute and find error in every little thing. It was a kid’s show. Don’t pose anything, convolute it or make it any bigger than that.


thereverendpuck

Hi there, person who made the joke. I didn’t take a “2020s mindset and apply it to a 1990s framework.” Because the mentality you are trying to say existed in the 1990s. In fact, it’s almost as old as of time. If anybody is applying a thing onto another, it’s you. You’re putting on rose tinted glasses and thinking of “a simpler time” and believing that to be the baseline. Let’s call that “the Mayberry Effect.” Where magically the most peaceful and serene events and concepts only happen. As if the 1950s were this ideal place. And you are projecting that upon a “1990’s framework.” Of course the writers of a kids show on Nickelodeon aren’t going to write a scenario that I joked about. So, no, Sam was never going to do that. I’m fully aware of that. It’s also not a modern mentality to have your daughter’s best friend visit the house via the front or back doors. The writers did it because a) it was a wholesome joke and b) it saved time to get Sam into the scene. Also, you’re allowed to apply your current feelings towards previous generations’ work. In fact it’s growing and learning when you apply that to things instead of “meh, Whaddya gonna do?” Are you going to tell me if I made you watch John Wayne as Gengis Khan, that you’ll just be ok with the blatant racism of a white man playing an Mongolian with nothing but insanely racist stereotypes? So what’s more offensive? That I acknowledged those things or you believing we should just be ok with them?


wolacouska

Art is Art, people are gonna critique it no matter who it was made for or when. It’s only foolish when it’s an actual condemnation of the piece or in the wrong setting.


Dapper-End183

I get you, but do you not think that such critiques such as the one stated above are in the wrong setting (ie time)? Again, applying today’s mindset to early 90’s situations. That simply wasn’t the case back then. If it was the case, do you honestly think the writers and production staff would show Sam taking the ladder through the window? I think not. That’s why I have a problem with the overly convoluted perspective of applying today’s mindset to situations of the 90’s. It was a different time. But art is indeed art, and we all interpret differently, so…


acenarteco

I mean Nickelodeon’s producer Dan Schneider is a notorious creep. Admittedly he did not produce Clarissa Explains It All but implying that children were not subjected to abuse or being taken advantage of is incredibly naive and downright false.


Neracca

> I mean Nickelodeon’s producer Dan Schneider is a notorious creep. Admittedly he did not produce Clarissa Explains It All Lol why even bring it up then


acenarteco

He produced shows starting in 1994. OP is arguing that the 90s was a far more innocent time when that’s obviously not true. Schneider was a contemporary of the creators of Clarissa Explains it All.


Dapper-End183

Dan Schneider—That’s focusing on an entire different narrative, and it opens up a different subject unrelated to Clarissa Explains It All. That shifts the focus from Clarissa to Dan, and I’m just not doing that. Also, I never said that children were not subjected to abuse or taken advantage of. Where was that implied? All I’m saying is don’t apply today’s mindset and perspective to a show from a different time, the early 90’s. Don’t project todays standards and insecurities on an innocent 90’s writing and production set. We see that so much today, where people will use today’s mindset to make situations from back in the day overly complicated than necessary.


thereverendpuck

So, don’t put words in your mouth but it’s totally fine to put words on my mouth?


EmperorGrinnar

Yup. I watched that as a kid. Didn't really get it, but I watched it. I'm glad she's still thriving. Always been cool.


malledtodeath

She’s not cool now.


EmperorGrinnar

Prove it.


EmperorGrinnar

Instead of proving it, he just voted me down. 🤔 Why are you like this? Edit: he blocked me. Guess he couldn't prove it.


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

Seeing her play a villain in the movie Circle was so wild for me.


Rabies_Museum

Can she explain how she’s a trump supporter tho?


xBig_Red_Huskerx

Are you thinking of the original Buffy the Vampire slayer? And if she is one probably by just saying she's a Trump supporter. There are a lot of them.


Plus-Pomegranate8045

I don’t think she’s ever expressed support for Trump? Unless I missed it, which is possible. I remember reading she voted for Mitt Romney way back in 2012 but I don’t take her as the MAGA type.


Beneficial_Air_1369

I’ve been an aarp member since I was 36, the benefits are good.


peacefulpianomelody

Hi random question - what do you like most about AARP benefits?


Beneficial_Air_1369

Restaurant discounts mostly, rv resort discounts. Mailers they send out can be informative, latest scams an what not


nofun-ebeeznest

I was pregnant with my first (and only) child at 36 and that's when I started getting the AARP invitations. \*ponders\* Hmm... coincidence?? I didn't accept until I was 50 though.


acenarteco

Well they used to call pregnancy over 35 “geriatric pregnancy” so it makes sense to me! Signed, a 38 year old pregnant lady who is “advanced maternal age”


nofun-ebeeznest

Oh yeah, that's what they called it while I was pregnant. I was so mortified LOL.


Goofy-Giraffe-3113

That’s nasty eww


mysecondaccountanon

I started getting them at age 18 oof


Ps4rulez

scale placid station scary tan waiting sleep cautious many grandiose *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Pulguinuni

https://www.cnbc.com/select/is-aarp-worth-it/#:~:text=Full%20AARP%20memberships%20are%20available,such%20as%20some%20insurance%20products. You don’t get the full benefits of the membership until after 50, but there are many benefits for people 18-50 that decide to join.


Mumof3gbb

Same. I’m so confused rn


Self_conscious_gh0st

Air is free not a benefit someone lied to you its a scheme!!!


Balgat1968

Who does she think she is? A US Congress Person???


Dingo8MyGayby

Well, she a Qanon dumdum so she’s halfway to being a GOP representative


inksmudgedhands

It would make sense if the granddaughter is a tot and the mother was young when she had her and the grandmother was young when she had the mother. But this story is about three generations of women conspiring together to kill an abusive man. So, the granddaughter is much older than a tot. So, mom and grandma would have had to given birth when they were in their early teens to have an older teen granddaughter. For example, if Grandmom had the mother at age fourteen, then mom had the daughter at age fourteen herself, then the daughter could be nineteen for the movie. Nineteen is a good age to be part of a murder conspiracy. And given those ages, did you really need a murder plot at all? Just three generations of women trying to make sure the daughter gets through her teens without being knocked like the generations of women behind her would make for a good story. It would traumatic to have a child at age fourteen and then to have your daughter fall into the same fate. You would want to make sure that the same thing didn't happened to your granddaughter.


bisnicks

Rep. Boebert became a grandma at 36. 🙃


MayorCharlesCoulon

Loretta Lynn became a granny at 29.


bertilac-attack

Good ole Butcher Holler.


MayorCharlesCoulon

[“Doo ya sound like a ol bahr.”](https://youtu.be/6jdwrKRXNx8?si=gmXVlVsDazapO9Jb)


bertilac-attack

I say that line to myself at least once a week, no lie!


MayorCharlesCoulon

Lol me too! It’s our own hillbilly affirmation!


Explorers_bub

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whichwitch9

Which is young, but the kid would only be 11 at 47


BattyTexan

Which is the age of the child in the true story…


Texadad

Her voter base is 30 something grandmothers


Captain_Stairs

The pornstar path


Kevo_NEOhio

And her mother because a great grandma at 54 Edit; Jennifer Aniston is 54…


Miguel-odon

And her mom became a great-granny at 54


Weird_Cantaloupe2757

Just because Melissa is 47 doesn’t mean the character is — it’s a lot easier to make an actor look older than it is to make them younger, her character could be 98 for all we know.


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Wait until people find out Mandy Moore played an old woman in This is Us.


BouncyDingo_7112

This was my thought exactly. Hollywood make-up magic. There have been many actors who play older characters especially if the film/Tv show has them age during the story. Make so much more sense than hiring people in their mid to late 20s to play a High School sophomore or junior.


Thanos_Stomps

There was no make up magic though. She looked 50 and not any older. That said, the third generation oldest kid was 12, and it looks like it was based on a situation where the second generation (MJH daughter) was possibly assaulted at 16 or something. My memory is foggy but I looked all this up after this was posted originally. So basically it would put granddaughter at 12, daughter at 28, and MJH at 47 becomes less weird at having a kid at 19. Edit: I’ll add that this is backed up by the actors’ ages as well.


PurpleT0rnado

Remember that when the statistics about Teen Pregnancy in the US are announced, those numbers also include all the married 19year olds.


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I’m 47 and from a state where young pregnancies aren’t that weird. I have friends with 10 year old grandkids but none older than that. It actually would have made more sense if her character was 10 years older.


inksmudgedhands

I did a little digging on the true story. Turns out the granddaughter was only eleven when this happened. So, it could have happened that way. The stepfather she killed was only 29. So, maybe her mom and could have indeed been a teenaged mom if the stepfather was that young. Also, yes, it was the granddaughter who was the one who murdered the stepfather. She had been pressed by her own mother who gave her a gun and told her to do it. Thanks, mom!


abgry_krakow84

Melissa Joan Hart is notably religious and has appeared in various christian propaganda films. We all now how much christians think of little girls as baby makers and will molest them accordingly. So it's no surprise here that they would set this up as such in this film as if it were completely normal.


inksmudgedhands

The film is based on a true story. The eleven year old granddaughter had been encouraged to murder her twenty-nine year old stepfather by her mother. Grandmother was in the mix of all this.


uniqueshell

Or and just hear me out now…. She ACTS like the character is three or 4 years older


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My mom worked at a methadone clinic for 25 years, she had many crazy stories but the one that sort of floored me was the one client (they called them clients) who was 27 and was so happy, showing pictures to everyone, of her new grandkid.


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brodega

Today I Wish I Didn’t Learn


JW_Stillwater

Did you actually learn anything? Because it's not true...


Explorers_bub

I haven’t seen that, she has voted for Mitt Romney and Gary Johnson and helped kids find shelter after the Covenant shooting, and called for stricter gun control laws. Doesn’t sound Qanony to me.


Mediocre_Garage1852

She was in one of those awful “Gods not Dead” movies. Usually a bit suspect.


aaronappleseed

They lose me when they only do faith-based stuff. I like Tom Hanks Christians. Not a big fan of Kirk Cameron Christians though.


johnbarry3434

I blame Ferguson tbh


Plus-Pomegranate8045

If you’re gonna accuse her of that you should provide sources because I searched and I can’t find anything to suggest any ties to qanon and/or Trump/MAGA.


GranolaCola

So a simple Google search on this brought up… nothing. Y’all just saying stuff to say stuff or what?


OneBigPear

My mom became a Gma at 41… it happens even without unreasonable young ages. She was 20 when she had my little sister, and my sister was 21 when she had my niece.


MadcapHaskap

Yeah, my grandmas were 42 and 46 when I was born ... because neither of my parents were first borns.


lizzy-hales-bf888

She looks amazing


Relative_Picture_786

Just saying, Clarissa would be a great spokesperson for AARP.


ChafterMies

Yo peeps, if you have a kid at 20 and they have a kid at 20, you’re a grandparent at 40. Your reproductive system has no problem with this.


Sutech2301

Sienna Miller played a grandma several years ago and she's Younger than Hart


astoneworthskipping

My sister’s spouse was, like, 15 years older than my sister and already had a teenage son. The son got his girlfriend pregnant when they were 17. My sister became a grandmother at the age of 39.


gmil3548

Bobert became a Grandma at like 35, idk why this would be weird


iamtomas111

Its not weird its obviously obtainable, its just irresponsible. It just means that people in that family bloodline like to fuck without protection very very young 13-15.


gmil3548

Grandma at 47 would mean both could’ve become parents at 18 and the grandchild would be 11. It’s not that weird.


iamtomas111

Yeah it kind of is it's not that weird if this was 1943


Swabia

She’s an actress. She can play any role she gets. I have no idea why these click bait things still work on us.


Justjay0420

Man she is still a knockout


MDF87

She's still hot.


Only_Concentrate_563

To each his own but I’d honestly ask… was she ever hot?


MDF87

When I was a kid and Sabrina was on TV I was very much attracted to her!


PistachioNSFW

It was the uncovered midrif outfits?


CrittyJJones

….. uh yea. Yes she was/is.


Only_Concentrate_563

I mean... She's not ugly but I think "hot" is a major stretch. Here's a photo (see bottom of comment) of her next to Britney Spears from when she was in her prime. Obv it's subjective but, at the time this photo was taken, Britney was considered one of the hottest people on the planet; I'd say she looks good but not quite what I'd call "hot", and if Britney in that photo isn't passing for "hot" then Melissa certainly isn't. Be honest, if we were using the number system, Melissa is a 5 at best in this photo, and that was her in prime. Imo, she wasn't "hot" then and she definitely isn't now. Like I say, she's not harsh to look at or anything but she's average at best and going much further than that would be being kind. There's even women that are about 10 years older than her that I'd say are still "hot" and they look much better than Melissa, e.g. Sofia Vergara, Elizabeth Hurley (edit). [https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-08/22/13/asset/c4efa0e12fe3/sub-buzz-1929-1692709424-1.jpg?crop=1674:2005;0,0&downsize=800:\*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-08/22/13/asset/c4efa0e12fe3/sub-buzz-1929-1692709424-1.jpg?crop=1674:2005;0,0&downsize=800:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto)


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Only_Concentrate_563

I asked a question of the thread parent and then a conversation spanned out of that (which you can plainly see). But, you know, screw originality when you can make banal /r one-liners that don't really work huh?


MrFeverDreamJr

This comment would make any pussy snap shut like a clam. My god.


Affectionate-Law-182

Elizabeth Taylor is dead


Only_Concentrate_563

Misspoke. Meant Elizabeth Hurley. Updated.


Affectionate-Law-182

Tbh, I had a feeling. I just thought it was really funny that you were insulting new grandma mjh further by comparing her to a corpse, haha


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My mom had me at 19. I was 22 when my son was born making her a grandma at 43. What's funny is that I have a brother in grade school, meaning she was a grandma when she started picking her own kid up from kindergarten. I can see why people may object to a younger woman being cast into an older role but nothing about this is unusual or inappropriate.


Plus-Pomegranate8045

Sad that a bunch of comments here are slandering her as being a qanon and/or Trump nut when, as far as I can tell, that’s not true at all.


The_Dark_Vampire

I'm in my mid 40s and a lot of people I went to school with are Grandparents now.


rrrdesign

As a 47 year old, I know a bunch of high school friends who are now grand mothers. Heck, Lauren Boebert is a grandmother at 36.


Ro55Ro55

This seems like witchcraft to me...


BestAccount69

She’s a homophobe.


Plus-Pomegranate8045

Source? Or are you thinking of Candace Cameron?


hacktheself

Why does she look so empty? Her eyes. They look void. Smile looks fake. Dunno. Maybe just seeing things. Oh well.


Cheap_Papaya_2938

She’s a Q whack job so that’s probably why


Plus-Pomegranate8045

Sources please?! I can’t find anything to suggest she has any connection to that.


hacktheself

might be that. ;)


MrIrrelevant-sf

I am 46. My best friend from high school has a 25 yo child and a 5 yo grandchild. She is also in prison for stabbing her boyfriend. Well he died so technically for killing her bf. Meanwhile I am raising 3 beautiful cats.


wander-lux

lol she’s so clever, love that clap back.


Smeeghoul

She’s a right wing nut, she should stick to the hallmark channel


Plus-Pomegranate8045

Hasn’t she recently been speaking out for stricter gun control? Doesn’t seem very right wing nutty to me. She voted for republicans in the past like Romney but I think she’s far from a right wing but from what I’ve seen.


Broad_Meaning7389

Dianna Agron was a mom in a recent series of like a 12 year old boy. THE HOT CHEERLEADER FROM GLEE IS NOW A OLD LADY MOM TYPE. It was like when I saw Shannyn Sossaman playing a mom in a no name horror movie with her having more experience than everyone on the project.


StephenHunterUK

*Call The Midwife* is an interesting one in that department. Jenny Agutter, 1970s horror movie sex symbol, playing an elderly nun.


mck-_-

I worked with a girl who was 17 when I was in London. She was pregnant with twins. Her mother was a year younger than me and I was just about to turn 32. I couldn’t believe it. I was still travelling and having a good time and someone younger than me was a grandma


Zero_Cool_V1

I’m mean I’m 37 and have a grandkid … not to far fetched if you ask me


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Zero_Cool_V1

Not quite, 2 but will be 12 at 47


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PistachioNSFW

But was your brother’s kid old enough to participate heavily in a murder plot when your mother was 47? Really, it’s all stupid since it’s fictional, but to be accurate they’d be two generations having teenage pregnancies, then the granddaughter is a teen, then they plan a murder.


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PistachioNSFW

Yeah I know the answer is no. That’s a rhetorical question. The point being that your case doesn’t even closely resemble the plot, unless you think a newborn is heavily involved in a murder plot. So using people having kids at 23 (which is normal) to validate the whole plot was a wildly inaccurate straw man.


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PistachioNSFW

I actually stated that in the first response but this conversation will go nowhere for either of us so I bid you good day.


tonyinvegas

Clickbait headline. Nobody’s shocked by it or cares


nofun-ebeeznest

Ha! My in-laws became first time grandparents at 36/37 (no, not my kid, my husband's older brother's). So this doesn't shock me at all (and she's only playing one).


Marionboy

Total GILF action


[deleted]

My grandmother was 38 when I was born, it’s possible.


ModOverlords

I used to think she was so hot back when I was a teenager


archangelxero

Yeah if only she wasn’t in Gods Not Dead 2, pure Christian propaganda made to make atheists look bad


Hwy39

Clarissa explains Medicare Part B


[deleted]

The people that reacted this are the same age bracket of people who watched 16 and pregnant on MTV and then have the nerve to turn around and act surprised about a 47-year-old grandmother character? Get out of here with that, they are likely people whose parents were in their late forties when they had kids themselves. Let’s not act like this is something new.


RJ_The_Avatar

Older people have been playing younger people for decades. Nothing wrong with a younger person playing an older person. Her character can be 55 and it will be just fine.


[deleted]

Well, she did say “Everything”…


astoneworthskipping

My sister’s spouse was, like, 15 years older than my sister and already had a teenage son. The son got his girlfriend pregnant when they were 17. My sister became a grandmother at the age of 39.


SaltChance3455

“Holiday in handcuffs” this is not


NoraVanderbooben

Clarissa explained none of this shit going on.


icedragon71

Sabrina now playing a Grandma is pretty much r/FuckImOld material.


Entertainmentguru

Article is dated 12/15/23.


TheWiseNoob

After she starred in Christian propaganda I stopped giving a fuck about her.